Heaton, famous for his work with The Housemartins and The Beautiful South, told host Matthew Wright about the unusual offer he made to business secretary Greg Clark.

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He said: “I offered my songs up for nationalisation. This would mean songs like Happy Hour, Rotterdam, Perfect 10 and the rest, every time they got played on the radio, the state would take the money and put it back into improving our living standards.